FLYING FIRST CLASS, THE GRACIOUS SERVICE, THE UPGRADED MEALS, THE SPECIAL AMENITIES. JUST THINKING ABOUT FIRST CLASS IS RELAXING. SO COULD ANYTHING BE BETTER? WELL, THE ANSWER, VERY MUCH YES. THE GOLD STANDARD IN FIRST CLASS COMFORT, LUXURY AND SECURITY, HAS TO BE CORPORATE AVIATION. AND PERHAPS NO ONE DOES THAT BETTER THAN PRO AIRWAYS IN PLYMOUTH. DONNED ASTASKO IS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. IN THE OVERALL PICTURE OF AVIATION WE FIT INTO A SMALL SEGMENT. WE'RE NOT THE AIRLINES, WE'RE NOT AMERICAN, UNITED. WE'RE A SMALLER SEGMENT DEALING WITH A SMALLER SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION. THAT DEMANDS THE SECURITY OF THEMSELVES KNOWING WHO IS FLYING THEM, WHAT THE MAINTENANCE IS, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS TO HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE. HE'S A FORMER AIR FORCE CAPTAIN WHO SERVED DURING VIETNAM. AND WENT ONTO A 30-YEAR CAREER AS AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOT. BEFORE FOUNDING PRO AIRWAYS. HIS AND HIS SON, ALSO A PILOT, NOW HELM AN OPERATION THAT HAS FIVE AIRCRAFT, A STATE OF THE ART HANGAR AND A MAINTENANCE OPERATION THAT HAS RECEIVED THE HIGHEST AWARD FROM THE F.A.A. FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. WE PROVIDE THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSET, WE PROVIDE THE PILOTS FOR THEM. AND WE JUST TAKE CARE OF ALL THEIR NEEDS, WHERE ALL THEY HAVE TO DECEMBER PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY WOULD YOU PICK ME UP HERE AT THIS POINT. AND THIS IS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND MAJOR CORPORATIONS. SO SAY A MAJOR FINANCIAL FIRM THAT'S DOING AN ACQUISITION, WITH CORPORATE AVIATION THEY'RE DOING A MAJOR TRANSACTION, THEY CAN VISIT FOUR SIGHTS IN ONE DAY AND BE HOME FOR DINNER. BUT PRO AIRWAYS TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER, OFFERING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SECURITY WITH CLEARANCES FROM THE SECRET SERVICE, F.B.I. AND CAPITAL POLICE TO FLY HIGH RANKING U.S. AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. WE KNOW IN THE BOSTON NEW YORK AREA WE HAVE A LOT OF MAJOR CORPORATE PRESIDENTS, C.E.O.S, AND INDIVIDUALS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR PRIVATE SECURITY IS AT RISK EVERY DAY. AND THIS IS WHAT WE PROVIDE. THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WE FLY, AND WHEN YOU'RE CARRYING A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN TODAY'S WORLD, HIS SECURITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. A U.S. SENATOR'S SECURITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. SAME THING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE. THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL USE OUR SERVICES. THEIR NEWEST JET IS A 10 PASSENGER FALCON 2000. AND YES, ALL OF THIS COMFORT, CONVENIENCE AND SECURITY DOES COME WITH A PRICE. FOR EXAMPLE, ROUND TRIP TO LOS ANGELES? IT'S EXPENSIVE. IN OUR LARGER AIRPLANE WOULD IT BE ABOUT $60,000. BUT IF YOU'RE TAKING 10 PEOPLE OUT AND 10 PEOPLE BACK, IT'S COSTING ABOUT $6,000 ROUND TRIP. PER WERE PERSON. WHICH WOULD BE COMPARABLE FOR LESS THAN A FIRST CLASS TICKET ON ONE OF THE MAJOR AIRLINES. AND FOR STASKO, WHO HAS LITERALLY FLOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD, RUNNING PRO AIRWAYS IS HIS GREATEST REWARD. IT MEANS A LOT. WHEN I MEET WITH THESE CLIENTS, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS LEVEL THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE, THEY WANT THE LEVEL OF OVERSEEING THE WHOLE OPERATION, MY 47 YEARS IN AVIATION, 31,000 HOURS OF FLYING, AND SOMEONE THAT'S LOOKING AT THE OPERATION AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE HIRE HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL. I'M ONE INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE OTHER 50 PEOPLE ARE WHAT'S MAKING IT HAPPEN, NOT MYSELF. JUST THE NOTES AND THE LETTERS WE GET BACK FROM CLIENTS, HOW THE TRIP WAS SAFE, HOW EVERYTHING WENT WELL. TO ME MAKES ME VERY PROUD, I'M ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE SECURITY CLEARANCES PRO AIRWAYS HAS, RYAN SASKO FLEW ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PILOT INTO REAGAN NATIONAL AFTER 9/11, THE VERY FIRST ONE. GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF SECURITY CLEARANCES THEY HAVE, THEY DO TREMENDOUS WORK. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A PRIVATE PLANE? NO, I HAVE NOT. NEITHER HAVE I. THAT WAS AS CLOSE AS I GOT. THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR. SOUND GOOD TO ME. THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M ANTHONY EVERETT. AND I'M J.C. MONAHAN.